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Discover Presents: Nikon Small World Finalists, 2007

Every year, Nikon gives awards to the people behind the best microphotographs of the year. The winners come from academia, research-based corporations, and photo agencies. Here are the 20 finalists from the 2007 contest, starting with the winning picture: a 17-times magnified view of a double-transgenic mouse embryo by Gloria Kwon of the Memorial-Sloan Kettering Institute in New York.